Asian Journal- The Filipino-American Community Newspaper

HAVING lunch with Nick Enciso Jr., you can’t help but laugh with the man.

He cracks jokes on a whim and his smile is infectious.

Always smiling, he lights up a room when he walks in.

It’s easy to see why the garrulous young looking 50-something-year-old Filipino (he doesn’t want to disclose his real age) has so many friends in the Philippine political arena and gets along with everybody. His best friend is Senator Bong Revilla and every time there is a big fight Manny Pacquiao gives Enciso Jr. a ringside seat ticket.

"I’m trustworthy," says the successful realtor. "It comes from the heart. These guys know whom they can trust and whom they can’t. Why do I have so many friends in high society like politics? It’s because I’m honest and sincere."

Honesty and sincerity is what has gotten him to a high level of success in his career.

Throughout his real estate career that spans more than two decades, Enciso Jr. has racked up almost every award possible. He’s won real estate agent of the year, outstanding agent of the month, top closer of the year, and sales agent of the year. And for the past six years, he’s been a member of the Million Dollar Roundtable Club (MDRT) where he says in order for a person to qualify, that person must make at least $250,000 gross income a year.

Honesty and sincerity is also a trait he received from his father, the late Nick Enciso Sr.

Enciso Jr. is a successful financial advisor and real estate agent for Century 21 but to better understand him and his success you have to go back to his late father and what the elder Enciso meant to the younger.

Nick Enciso Jr. is actually the eighth Enciso Jr. Just like George Foreman who gave each of his kids his namesake, so too did Nick Sr.

"My father loved his name so he gave it to all of us," said Enciso Jr. laughing. "He named all of my nine brothers Nick Jr."

Maybe that’s a reason why the elder Enciso loved writing for a newspaper so he could see his byline on the paper everyday.